WHAT: The acclaimed Whitworth College Choir and the Whitworth
Chamber Singers will conclude their West-Coast spring 2003 concert tour
with an April 6 Spokane performance. The ensembles will perform works
by such composers as Maurice Duruflè, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gerald Finzi
and Leonard Bernstein, as well as spirituals arranged by Keith Hampton
and Moses Hogan.

Led by Interim Director of Choral Activities Deborah Hansen, the Whitworth
Choir is considered one of the premiere collegiate choirs in the Northwest,
and has performed with the Spokane Symphony and Chorale. The choir, which
is frequently selected to perform at conventions for the American Choral
Directors Association, the Washington Music Educators Association, and
the Music Educators National Conference, recently released its fifth CD,
"Gloria."

Located in Spokane, Wash., Whitworth is a private liberal arts college
affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The college enrolls 2,200
students in more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs.